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brain fevers

brain fevers is the plural of brain fever.

Meaning of brain fever

Noun

brain fever (countable and uncountable, plural brain fevers)

  1. (dated) encephalitis or meningitis
  2. (dated) A state of hysteria or temporary insanity caused by an emotional shock.
    • We found that the news of the arrival of the packet—for her illness dated from that time—had such an effect upon her as to bring on brain fever.1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

Questions about brain fevers

What is brain fevers the plural of?
Brain fevers is the plural of brain fever.

Words near brain fevers in the dictionary

  1. brain farm
  2. brain farms
  3. brain fart
  4. brain farts
  5. brain fever
  6. brain fevers
  7. brain fingerprinting
  8. brain fluid
  9. brain fog
  10. brain food
  11. brain foods

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